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Jersey Shore town hikes property taxes as schools face multi-million budget gap

The city has lost $36.4 million in state aid since 2018, forcing staff cuts, property sales and steep tax hikes. [Read more]

Dead teacher at the center of 2nd sexual assault lawsuit in N.J. school district

The lawsuit claims school administrators noticed the second-grade teacher keeping students after hours but failed to protect them from "horrific and brutal abuse." [Read more]

N.J. professor who got fired for alt-right, Hitler speeches wins big court reversal

New Jersey Institute of Technology put Jason Reza Jorjani on leave and later decided not to renew his contract after the off-campus speeches were recorded. [Read more]

Hospital coalition fights for Newark patient care amid med school merger plans

Unions, community groups and civil rights advocates fear a consolidation of Rutgers-controlled medical schools will favor New Brunswick over Newark. [Read more]

N.J. cops investigating after boy with autism is injured on 1st day in new class

The boy's mother says school officials tried to prevent her from calling authorities about her son's head injuries. [Read more]

Gay vice principal at N.J. high school was told to ‘leave his identities at the door,’ lawsuit says

Students organized a walkout to support the vice principal after his contract wasn't renewed. [Read more]

Speaking to the dead? Spanish lessons? How A.I. is changing N.J. classrooms.

Some New Jersey teachers are exploring AI in the classroom, mirroring state officials’ larger embrace of the new technology. [Read more]

I was fired after reporting ‘pedophile parties’ to N.J. school district, teacher says

The veteran teacher claims she raised concerns about a colleague's relationship with a high school junior and alleged "pedophile parties" he attended. [Read more]

N.J. just made it easier to get a COVID vaccine than most states, going against new federal rules

The state Health Department granted pharmacists the authority to adminster the vaccines without a prescription. [Read more]

School district tells parents to drive kids to school after N.J. bus company stops service

Neptune Township School District is asking parents to drive their children to and from school after the bus company that it contracts with suspended routes in the township. [Read more]

An elite Catholic prep school is in the spotlight as historic N.J. sexual abuse trial begins

After years of delay, the first civil trial involving allegations of sexual abuse by the clergy in New Jersey opened Tuesday before a jury in Morris County. [Read more]

N.J. town opens new junior high school named after longtime mayor

The school named after longtime Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco. [Read more]

Legal but lousy: Lakewood schools pass funding test while failing students, court says

The court says the formula is fair, but students still don’t have what they need. What’s really going on in Lakewood? [Read more]

N.J.'s $96M plan to save kids is 'a complete failure,' critics say. Who is it really helping?

“It’s a waste of taxpayer money,” one former school official says. [Read more]

What are N.J.’s 31 ‘Abbott’ school districts? See the list and their pre-K enrollments.

Nearly 25 years after landmark court rulings mandated equal educational opportunities, more than 10,000 eligible kids in New Jersey's poorest districts aren't receiving free pre-K. [Read more]

N.J. is offering free school for 3- and 4-year-olds. Why are 10K kids not signed up?

New Jersey is supposed to enroll 90 percent of eligible children in pre-K in these 31 districts. It hasn't come close. [Read more]

Can schools keep gender transitions secret from parents? N.J. case could decide the answer.

Delaware Valley Regional High School followed the student’s wishes to be addressed by a different name and gender. The parent claims they broke the law. [Read more]

Rutgers’ president kicks off new era at N.J. university — with a surprising plan to deal with Trump

“I have no idea what Donald Trump is going to do,” new Rutgers President William Tate IV said as he sat down to talk about his plans for the state [Read more]

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Wish you could handle emotions better? Learn practical strategies with researcher Marc Brackett and host Peter DeWitt. [Read more]

Avoiding discussion of difficult topics in school is a missed learning opportunity. [Read more]

Parental controls can complement AI literacy instruction in schools, so long as parents know how to activate them. [Read more]

Teachers face discipline for social media posts following the conservative speaker's assassination. [Read more]

Some tech CEOs have claimed that learning to code won't be necessary. Computer science educators disagree. [Read more]

As some districts and states strictly enforce kindergarten cutoff dates, parents feel the squeeze. [Read more]

The nation's second-largest district agreed to tutoring and other measures to settle a case brought by parents during the pandemic. [Read more]

We research neurodiversity. Here’s what educators should know about Make America Healthy Again misinformation. [Read more]